Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development begins work on Vine Street

Overlay started in preparation for complete resurfacing

1:25 AM,
Jan. 16, 2014

Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development workers pour asphalt overlay on Vine Street in Opelousas Wednesday afternoon. The maintenance is part of an agreement by the state to eventually rebuild the portion of U.S. 190.

Written by

Zane Hill
zhill@dailyworld.com

At long last, Vine Street in Opelousas is seeing a much-needed facelift in anticipation of a total makeover.

Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development workers on Wednesday began pouring a layer of asphault on the existing roadway, which is a west-traveling portion of U.S. 190 that cuts through Opelousas (the eastbound counterpart is Landry Street). Vine Street in particular has been a target of scrutiny because of its long-standing and increasing deterioration.

"We have been working on this for quite a while," said Opelousas Mayor Donald Cravins Sr., who said the St. ...